Java: CWE-523 Insecure HSTS configuration#3534
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Closing as per github/securitylab#90 (comment) |
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HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) is a web security policy mechanism that helps to protect websites against man-in-the-middle attacks such as protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking. HSTS is specified in RFC 6797 and is supported by all major browsers and web servers. Missing or incorrect configuration allows unprotected transport of credentials.
HSTS started to be widely accepted and configured in recent years.
This query covers three scenarios of insecure Tomcat configuration:
I've tested the query against some GitHub projects, and a test case has been created.
Please consider to merge the PR. Thanks.
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